Archive for October, 2008

Holy Buckets! What a GREAT game last night! It had all the traits of an instant classic–a nail biting pitchers duel for more than 1/2 of the game, a ace who comes up HUGE for the 2nd time in as many starts, crazy plays, a closer that was not available, and two players who more […]

Since I had no expectations that the Sox would get this far, beating the Angels not once but TWICE in their house, I really cannot be too upset about last night’s loss. Yes, Josh Beckett struggled a TON, barely getting out of the 5th, and throwing 106 pitches, 59 for strikes, and giving up 4 runs […]

Yesterday’s games pretty much went the way I expected it: Tampa Bay won on the back of 2 homers from Eva(n) Longoria–making baseball history because the homers were in his 1st 2 postseason at bats–ever…So Tampa Leads that series 1-0, and they play Chicago again tonight at 6:07pm… On the National League side, Both series […]

After losing 8 out of 9 against the Angels, and despite the fact that the Sox have pretty much owned them in the Postseason, I still had my doubts about this series–but last night’s win did a TON to alleviate those apprehensions. And believe me, there were apprehensions. But, not surprising, Jon Lester was brilliant, […]

Although Red Sox Nation has to wait another 8+ hours for the postseason to begin, 10:07pm to be precise against the Angels–in Anaheim, natch, there will be baseball in less time than that, when the Brewers and Phillies face off in Philadelphia at 3:07pm today. Then, at 6:37pm, the Dodger and Cubs take the field […]